kritvit

Swedish

Etymology

krita (“chalk”) +‎ vit (“white”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kritkvit, Norwegian Bokmål kritthvit, Danish kridhvid.

Adjective

kritvit (not comparable)

  1. very white or pale; chalk-white
    kritvit sand
    chalk-white sand
    Han var kritvit i ansiktet
    He was white as a sheet

Declension

Inflection of kritvit
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kritvit kritvitare kritvitast
neuter singular kritvitt kritvitare kritvitast
plural kritvita kritvitare kritvitast
masculine plural2 kritvite kritvitare kritvitast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kritvite kritvitare kritvitaste
all kritvita kritvitare kritvitaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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